Feminism, Globalisation, Internationalism

Publication date: Tuesday 26 July 2005

This is a review article discussing three works, presented in chronological order. It draws attention to a new focus in feminist writing on the international/global arena. During much of the 1990s (and after?), most feminist writing on the international sphere was about gender and ‘international relations’ (Grant and Newland 1991, Sylvester 2002, Peterson 1992, Pettman 1996, Tickner 2005). Most of these were limited by the felt need to critique the discipline of International Relations. The international women’s movement or feminist internationalism just about reached their concluding chapters.

In this review, Waterman discusses the following works:

- Mrinalini Sinha, Donna Guy and Angela Woollacott (eds.), Feminisms and Internationalism
 - 'Globalisation and Gender', Signs, Vol. 26, No. 4, Summer 2001. Special Issue. Editors: Amrita Basu, Inderpal Grewal, Caren Kaplan, Liisa Malkki. Pp. 943-1314.
- Peggy Antrobus, The Global Women’s Movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies. London: Zed Books, 2004, 204 pp.